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I was playing live the other day. At bearoff I had 1 checker at 19, 2 checkers at 22 and I was bearing off. Opponent had one checker at my 24 (his 1) plus others outside.
I rolled 52. Naturally i played 19/21 21/off. Opponent insisted that i should play the full roll hence play 19/24 22/24. He said something about having to play the highest number first...
We ended arguing and abandoning the match.
Well is there such an "official rule" or is it something not clarified yet?
I did encounter the same "rule" when I was  playing online at MSN zone in the past

You were right, your opponent wrong. A player must use both numbers of a roll if this is legally possible but there is no compulsion to play the larger number first, except in situations where either number can be played but not both.  See  http://www.bkgm.com/rules.html (http://www.bkgm.com/rules.html)  Rules of Backgammon, Movement of the Checkers, Rule 4.

Steve